Tunisia's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Tunisia has 91 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 12.3% from 81 in 2025. That places Tunisia 69th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. University of Sfax has the most listed scientists (11), followed by Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax (9).

Single Year

+10 (+12.3%) vs 2025

Career Data

+6 (+13.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#69

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+4 (+10.3%) vs 2025

Scientists in Tunisia on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+33.3%

2022+1.9%

2023+17.0%

2024+25.8%

2025+3.8%

2026+12.3%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	39		15
2021	52	+33.3%	23	+53.3%
2022	53	+1.9%	27	+17.4%
2023	62	+17.0%	28	+3.7%
2024	78	+25.8%	40	+42.9%
2025	81	+3.8%	46	+15.0%
2026	91	+12.3%	52	+13.0%

Top 10 institutes in Tunisia

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Rank in Tunisia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	2,608	Krichen, Moez	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 150
2	14,368	NM Nasri, Moncef	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 137
3	33,392	BS Boufi, Sami	Faculté des Sciences de Sfax	Polymers	Rank 268
4	38,274	Ben Jebli, Mehdi	Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba	Environmental Sciences	Rank 837
5	44,912	KK Khwaldia, Khaoula	Institut National de Recherche et d'Analyse Physico-Chimique	Food Science	Rank 552
6	55,494	SS Smaoui, Slim	Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 684
7	66,213	CO Cheikhrouhou, Omar	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 717
8	67,230	KM Ksibi, Mohamed	University of Sfax	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,514
9	69,794	SL Sellaoui, Lotfi	Université de Monastir	Chemical Engineering	Rank 587
10	72,795	LN Lassoued, Naima	Université de la Manouba	Business & Management	Rank 1,718
11	76,014	AH Aydi, Hassen	Université de Sousse	General Mathematics	Rank 349
12	79,417	KH Khlif, Hichem	University of Sfax	Accounting	Rank 158
13	82,731	HM Hamdi, Moktar	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Biotechnology	Rank 291
14	86,915	JM Jridi, Mourad	Université de Jendouba	Food Science	Rank 1,147
15	88,052	Arbi, Adnène	University of Carthage, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie	Applied Mathematics	Rank 229
16	88,514	JA Jarboui, Anis	FSEG Sfax - Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion de Sfax	Business & Management	Rank 2,001
17	89,202	KI Khanchel, Imen	Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis	Business & Management	Rank 2,009
18	91,894	Ghazouani, Tarek	Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba	Economics	Rank 1,111
19	93,739	AM Aouadi, Moncef	University of Carthage, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Bizerte	Applied Mathematics	Rank 241
20	100,530	Bougatef, Ali	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,372
21	101,962	Ben Saad, Helmi	Université de Sousse	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,377
22	104,328	KR Ksouri, Riadh	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Food Science	Rank 1,438
23	105,546	Dergaa, Ismail	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Ksar-Saïd	Sport Sciences	Rank 496
24	105,568	CF Chaari Fourati, Lamia Chaari	University of Sfax	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,231
25	106,794	CH Chtourou, Hamdi	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Sfax	Sport Sciences	Rank 502
26	110,124	TK Trabelsi, Khaled	Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l'Education Physique de Sfax	Sport Sciences	Rank 518
27	115,279	JA Jemni, Abdelmajid	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Energy	Rank 3,579
28	116,191	CA Chaouachi, Anis	Université de la Manouba	Sport Sciences	Rank 544
29	117,075	BS Ben Slama, Sami	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	Energy	Rank 3,636
30	118,221	KM Khairallah, Moncef	CHU Fattouma-Bourguiba	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 571
31	119,020	AH Attia, Hamadi	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Food Science	Rank 1,688
32	122,980	AF Amri, Fethi	Université de Gabès	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,859
33	127,039	Moakher, Maher	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis, Laboratoire de Modélisation Mathématique et Numérique dans les Sciences de l'Ingénieur	Applied Mathematics	Rank 312
34	128,692	BY Bouteraa, Yassine Saleh	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,417
35	131,996	Euchi, Jalel	Université de Gafsa	Operations Research	Rank 531
36	138,125	SA Smiti, Abir	Laboratoire de Recherche Opérationnelle, de Décision et de Contrôle de processus	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 6,319
37	141,316	FH Falleh, Hanen	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Food Science	Rank 2,089
38	142,138	Besbes, Souhail	University of Sfax	Food Science	Rank 2,099
39	144,743	BF Brini, Faïçal	Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,511
40	146,765	FM Fekih-Romdhane Md PhD, Feten	Université de Tunis El Manar, Hôpital Razi	Psychiatry	Rank 2,099
41	147,092	EL El-Mir, Lassaad Mabrouk	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 2,646
42	154,749	AM Alimi, M. Adel	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,075
43	155,256	Sebri, Maamar	Université de Sousse	Energy	Rank 4,910
44	157,017	BK Bayoudh, Khaled	Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Monastir	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 7,202
45	160,040	Farouk, Zouari	Université de Tunis El Manar	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,767
46	160,257	AC Abdelly, Chédly	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,768
47	162,873	HK Hessini, Kamel Y.	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,816
48	163,672	Noureddine, Issaoui	Université de Monastir	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 592
49	164,731	YI Younes, Islem	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Polymers	Rank 1,719
50	179,091	Boubaker, Olfa	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 1,974
51	197,668	ZS Zghal, Souhir	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,884
52	199,476	BN Ben Nasrallah, Sassi	Université de Monastir	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,902
53	200,294	SN Souissi, Nizar	Sport	Sport Sciences	Rank 948
54	205,979	HY Hamed, Younes	International Association of Water Resources in the Southern Mediterranean Basin	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1,267
55	226,913	HA Houas, Ammar	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 4,203
56	241,333	RK Ramzi, Khiari	Université de Monastir	Polymers	Rank 2,630
57	245,919	BA Bahrouni, Anouar	Faculté des Sciences de Monastir	General Mathematics	Rank 1,275
58	246,276	AH Abidi, Hammadi	Université de Tunis	General Mathematics	Rank 1,276
59	247,554	BM Berzig, Maher	Université de Tunis	General Mathematics	Rank 1,285
60	257,760	Gritli, Hassène	Univesity of Carthage, Institut Supérieur des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 11,444
61	268,360	Ben Ahmed, Ali	University of Sfax	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 1,054
62	274,891	TK Triméche, Khalifa	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	General Mathematics	Rank 1,445
63	291,756	MK Msaada, Kamel	Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria	Environmental & Occupational Health	Rank 171
64	297,994	DF Dammak, F.	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,835
65	319,663	MH Mezni, Haithem	Université de Jendouba	Distributed Computing	Rank 60
66	325,815	SH Sakli, Hedi	Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Tunis	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,109
67	333,270	BS Ben Salem, Hichem	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,119
68	333,315	FK Feki, Kais	University of Sfax	General Mathematics	Rank 1,741
69	339,459	GK Ghédira, Kamel	Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 1,786
70	340,757	DE Dhahri, Essebti	Faculté des Sciences de Sfax	Applied Physics	Rank 6,456
71	350,857	BB Ben Bechir, Mohamed	University of Sfax	Applied Physics	Rank 6,635
72	354,144	NR Neffati, R.	Université de Tunis El Manar	General Physics	Rank 1,756
73	356,497	KK Khirouni, Kamel	Université de Gabès	Applied Physics	Rank 6,732
74	360,263	SM Sliti, Maha	University of Carthage, Ecole Supérieure des Communications de Tunis	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 4,595
75	361,972	Mehrez, K.	Université de Kairouan	General Mathematics	Rank 1,908
76	385,526	HM Hsaïri, Mohamed	Institut Salah Azaiez De Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,542
77	399,062	BA Benhassine, Abderrazek	Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et des Mathématiques de Monastir	General Mathematics	Rank 2,107
78	404,057	Dhouib, Souhail	University of Sfax	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 17,696
79	404,455	SE Srasra, Ezzeddine	Centre National de Recherches en Sciences des Matériaux	General Chemistry	Rank 741
80	411,626	BS Belhadj Slimen, Imen	University of Carthage, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,460
81	413,287	HS Hcini, Sobhi	Université de Kairouan	Applied Physics	Rank 7,880
82	417,303	AN Allouche, Noureddine	University of Sfax	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 2,394
83	428,382	Selmi, Bilel	Faculté des Sciences de Monastir	General Mathematics	Rank 2,263
84	463,423	GM Gharbi, Mohamed Lazhar	Ecole Nationale de Médecine Vétérinaire	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 1,013
85	475,677	GA Ghanmi, Abdeljabbar	Université de Tunis El Manar	General Mathematics	Rank 2,554
86	480,803	DC Dziri, Chedly	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 5,465
87	587,721	Jeribi, Aref	University of Sfax	General Mathematics	Rank 3,138
88	630,173	Mrabet, Hichem	University of Carthage, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 2,215
89	667,670	BR Ben Romdhane, Habiba	Faculté de Médecine de Tunis	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 7,374
90	747,972	SF Soltani, Fethi	Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis	General Mathematics	Rank 4,003
91	782,747	OA Oueslati, Abderrazek	University of Sfax	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3,541
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Tunisia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

91 scientists affiliated with Tunisia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 52 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Tunisia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2026 single-year list, University of Sfax has the most listed scientists from Tunisia, with 11. It is followed by Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax with 9.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Tunisia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Tunisia went from 39 scientists in 2020 to 91 in 2026, a change of +133.3%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.